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Bally’s Casino Lands A Tower Crane Permit As Construction Resumes

7:00 am on May 20, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Caisson crews are back in action at the Bally’s Chicago Casino construction site in River West, and now they have a tower crane permit to work with too. Permission for a free-standing Potain MD-485 came through on May 16 after an application was filed on April 9th. The Chicago Community Builders Collective is the official general contractor conglomerate for the casino project, though Gilbane Building Company and McHugh Concrete are named on the permit as the lead contractors.

Caisson Work Continues Full Bore At Bally’s Casino In River West

7:30 am on April 14, 2025 By Daniel Schell

An army of foundation equipment continues drilling and filling caissons for the new Bally’s Chicago Casino in River West. It has been one month since the permit was issued on March 14 to get started on the site, and Stalworth Underground, whose machinery had been moved into place once demolition of the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center was complete, started caisson efforts immediately.

Caisson Permit Issued Friday Signals The Start Of Bally’s Chicago Casino

7:00 am on March 15, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A caisson permit was issued Friday for Bally’s Chicago Casino, marking the official start of new construction at the former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West. Though considered a big gamble by many, the casino can now get moving, with equipment already occupying the sprawling lot, and rebar cages and iron tubing waiting to be lowered into the ground.

Bally's Chicago Casino caisson prep work

Caisson Prep Has Started For Bally’s Casino

7:30 am on March 4, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The Chicago Tribune Freedom Center has been scraped from the earth, but activity continues on the River West site of Bally’s Chicago Casino. As we keep an eye out for the first construction permit to be issued by the city, rebar is already being bent and curled into cages to be lowered into caissons to support the building.

Demolition Of Freedom Center Completed As Bally’s Faces Challenges

7:45 am on February 9, 2025 By Ian Achong

The demolition of the Tribune Freedom Center has been mostly completed at 777 W Chicago Avenue in River West. Located on the corner with S Halsted Street, demolition began over six months ago on the former printing facility on the Chicago River. Replacing it will be the new Bally’s casino, hotel, and entertainment complex.

Chicago Tribune Freedom Center demolition December 2024

More (Less?) From Demolition Of The Chicago Tribune Freedom Center

7:30 am on December 17, 2024 By Daniel Schell

The Chicago Tribune Freedom Center gets closer to oblivion with each passing day, just as Bally’s Chicago Casino gets closer to beginning construction. The dramatic demolition scene continues to play out at Halsted Street and Chicago Avenue in West Town, as Brandenburg Industrial Services reduces the former newspaper-printing plant to rubble.

Chicago Tribune Freedom Center demolition

Evisceration of the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center for Bally’s Casino continues along the Chicago River

7:30 am on October 9, 2024 By Daniel Schell

Brandenburg Industrial Services continues work on demolition of the former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center in West Town. With Bally’s Casino and its anticipated 2026 Opening Day coming to the site, there is some urgency to wrapping up demolition so construction can begin. That’s why this building seems to be coming down so quickly.

Demolition of the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center begins

Demolition photos as the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center comes down

7:30 am on September 12, 2024 By Daniel Schell

Demolition of the former Chicago Tribune Freedom Center has begun, in earnest, along the Chicago River in West Town. With Bally’s Casino expected to open in 2026, there’s no time to waste, and Brandenburg Industrial Services has begun tearing into the old printing plant after receiving four demolition permits late last month to begin demo work. There is a lot of equipment on site, with piles of scrap and rubble already waiting to be sorted and hauled away.

Bally’s Chicago Casino gets four demolition permits for Chicago Tribune Freedom Center

7:30 am on August 28, 2024 By Daniel Schell

Four demolition permits were issued by the City of Chicago Monday for 651 West Chicago Avenue, or what used to be the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center. This is the second phase of demolitions making space for Bally’s Chicago Casino, after a single-story metal building at 700 West Erie was demolished earlier this month. Brandenburg Industrial Services is the demolition contractor for the casino project.

Demolition has begun for Bally’s Chicago Casino

7:30 am on August 16, 2024 By Daniel Schell

The first demolition to make way for the new Bally’s Chicago Casino has begun along the Chicago River in West Town. The City of Chicago issued a demo permit for 700 West Erie Street on August 2, with Brandenburg Industrial Service Company serving as the demolition contractor. A single-story metal building that was most recently the home of a U-Haul rental facility, it sits on the southwest corner of the development site, at the intersection of Erie and Halsted.

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